Nana Katase
Person · female · Japan · Kōtō · born 1981 · recording since 2002
Japanese actress, model and singer
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Also known as Nana Katase · Katase Nana · 片瀨那奈 · 片瀬奈々 · 片瀬奈那
Timeline
1980s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: GALAXY / TELEPATHY / FANTASY
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
Biography
Biography
Nana Katase (片瀬 那奈, Katase Nana; born November 7, 1981) is a Japanese actress, singer, and fashion model. She is known for acting in Death Note 2: The Last Name (2006), Arakawa Under the Bridge (2010) and 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008).
Katase portrayed Kiyomi Takada in Death Note: The Last Name. She also portrayed Megumi Yokota as an adult (with Mayuko Fukuda who played the role of a younger Megumi Yokota) as one of at least thirteen Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korea in the late 1970s and early 1980s in Saikai: Yokota Megumi-san no Negai. She also played Mayumi in the fifth installment of the PlayStation series by Sega, Yakuza.
Films
Between Calmness and Passion (2001)
Death Note: The Last Name (2006), Kiyomi Takada
Calling You (2007), Ryo Harada
20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008), Mika Shikishima
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009), Mika Shikishima
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009), Mika Shikishima
Trick The Movie: Psychic Battle Royale (2010)
Saibancho! Koko wa Choeki 4 nen de Dodesuka (2010), Prosecutor Mari Hasebe
Gene Waltz (2011), Miki Tanaka
Arakawa Under the Bridge (2012), Maria
Ushijima the Loan Shark (2012), Chiaki Okubo
Hentai Kamen (2013)
Hentai Kamen: Abnormal Crisis (2016)
I Am a Hero (2016), Tekko
TV dramas
Great Teacher Onizuka Special as Yamaguchi Rika (Fuji TV, 1999)
Tengoku no Kissa (TV Asahi, 1999)
Koori no Sekai (Fuji TV, 1999)
Hanamura Daisuke (Fuji TV, 2000, episode 7)
Shinjuku Boso Kyukyutai (NTV, 2000)
2001 no otoko un (Fuji TV, 2001)
Dekichatta Kekkon (Fuji TV, 2001)
Pretty Girls (TBS, 2002)
Kochira Hon Ikegami Sho 2 (TBS, 2003, episode 2)
Last Christmas (TBS, 2004)
Fukigen na Gene (Fuji TV, 2005, episodes 4-5, 7)
Rikon Bengoshi 2 (Fuij TV, 2005)
Jukunen Rikon (TV Asahi, 2005)
Kobayakawa Nobuki no Koi (Fuji TV, 2006)
Saikai (NTV, 2006)
Teppan Shoujo Akane!! (TBS, 2006)
Sennyu Keiji Ranbo 2 (NTV, 2007)
Jigoku no Sata mo Yome Shidai (TBS, 2007)
Abarenbo Mama (Fuji TV, 2007)
Inochi no Iro Enpitsu (TV Asahi, 2007)
Miracle Voice (TBS, 2008)
Average (Fuji TV, 2008)
Hokaben (NTV, 2008, episode 7)
Average 2 (Fuji TV, 2008)
Bloody Monday (TBS, 2008)
Uta no Onii-san (TV Asahi, 2009)
Choshokutei (WOWOW, 2009)
Ghost Friends (NHK, 2009)
Koi no Kara Sawagi Drama Special Love Stories VI (NTV, 2009)
Naka nai to Kimeta Hi (Fuji TV, 2010)
Pro Golfer Hana (NTV, 2010)
Hammer Session! (TBS, 2010, episode 8)
Yamikin Ushijima-kun (TBS, 2010)
Diplomat Kuroda Kosaku (Fuji TV, 2011)
Ikemen desu ne (TBS, 2011)
Arakawa Under the Bridge (TBS, 2011)
Kaeru no Oujo-sama (Fuji TV, 2012)
Singles
2002: Galaxy/Telepathy/Fantasy
2003: Babe
2003: Shine/Revenge
2003: Necessary/Every
2004: Meu amor é...
2004: Kindan no Telepathy
Albums
2003: Telepathy
2004: Extended
2005: Reloaded: Perfect Singles
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 8 | 81.1th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 3 | 15.8th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (8 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
2003 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:34:58
Disc 11Change this World4:272TELEPATHY3:573GALAXY4:104Deep Forest4:505Shine5:096Babe4:167Communication4:378A・I・O4:149The Wings4:0010Teardrops5:3611REVENGE 〜未来への誓い〜5:1012FANTASY 〈Album Mix〉5:3813Shine 〈MAD FAT PAD MIX〉4:56Disc 21Shine PV (Special Love Size ver.)7:202NANA KATASE スペシャルインタビュー26:382004 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 10 tracks · 31:59
Disc 11ミ・アモーレ (Meu amor é…)4:082淋しい熱帯魚5:013TANGO NOIR5:464Rock’n Rouge3:535C-Girl4:476禁断のテレパシー4:117木枯らしに抱かれて4:13Disc 21ミ・アモーレ (Meu amor é…)2禁断のテレパシー3SPECIAL INTERVIEW
Single · 5
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | GALAXY / TELEPATHY / FANTASYSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 26:151GALAXY4:11 2TELEPATHY4:00 3FANTASY4:51 4TELEPATHY (Dub’s Bootable Re-build Remix)7:50 5GALAXY (Groovediggerz Remix)5:23 | 4 December 2002 | ||
| 2003 | BabeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 17:181Babe4:17 2MY LIFE4:07 3for you4:11 4Babe (Huge remix)4:43 | 19 February 2003 | ||
| 2003 | Necessary / EVERY ***Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 16:05Disc 1 1Necessary3:43 2EVERY ***4:19 3Necessary (Instrumental)3:43 4EVERY *** (Instrumental)4:20 Disc 21Necessary Pvパッケージ 2Nana Katase スペシャルインタビュー | 16 October 2003 | ||
| 2004 | ミ・アモーレ (Meu amor é...)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 13:401ミ・アモーレ (Meu amor é...)4:08 2ミ・アモーレ (Meu amor é...) エクステンデッド・ダンス・ミックス5:26 3ミ・アモーレ (Meu amor é...) インストゥルメンタル4:06 | 10 March 2004 | ||
| 2004 | 禁断のテレパシーSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 13:541禁断のテレパシー4:13 2禁断のテレパシー(エクステンデッド・ダンス・ミックス)5:32 3禁断のテレパシー(インストゥルメンタル)4:09 | 31 March 2004 |
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | RELOADED ~Perfect Singles~Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 1:06:171GALAXY4:10 2TELEPATHY3:59 3FANTASY4:49 4Babe4:16 5MY LIFE4:07 6for you4:11 7Shine5:09 8REVENGE 〜未来への誓い〜5:09 9Necessary3:43 10EVERY ***4:19 11ミ・アモーレ <Meu amor é...>4:07 12禁断のテレパシー4:12 13RELOADED MEGA-MIX6:35 14GALAXY 〜Dub’s Find Frontier Remix〜7:31 | Compilation | 2 March 2005 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Nana Katase head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 8 | 81.1th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 3 | 15.8th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f3ae6c08-0d36-45c8-99f3-e7f4138e1e53discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f3ae6c08-0d36-45c8-99f3-e7f4138e1e53core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1154236seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Katasebiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Katase
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Japanese singers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q1154236 · MusicBrainz: f3ae6c08-0d36-45c8-99f3-e7f4138e1e53
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